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Facility managers, HR staff, or other authorised personnel at your company can access an on-premise or cloud-based Metra Locker Management software, MyMetraLockers, to remotely manage their Metra Smart lockers. The MyMetraLockers software provides secure locker management with detailed insights and locker-related data, including the status of each Metra Smart Lock, audit logs, usage reports, and other tools for the most time-saving and efficient locker administration in real-time.
If your organisation is using standalone, network-free Metra Smart Lockers, the locker administrator can access and remotely manage their Metra Smart lockers in real-time via a user-friendly dashboard on Metra Touchscreen.
Contact us for more information.
Smart lockers are lockers equipped with interconnected smart locks and operated by smart components, which together are called the Smart Locking System (also Smart Locker System).
Smart Lockers are ordinary lockers, transformed into dynamic smart storage, accessible via multiple access mediums and methods (RFID card, phones, biometrics, etc.), and centrally and remotely managed in real-time using smart locker management software (usually on-premise or cloud-based).
In short, yes, you can. Retrofitting existing lockers with Metra Smart Systems to transform them into Metra Smart lockers is possible. The retrofit process depends on different factors.
Please get in touch with us to see what the best approach is for your locker retrofit project.
Lockers equipped with a smart locking system (Smart lockers) are a much more sustainable solution than traditional locking methods for lockers (like ordinary key locks, padlocks, or standalone, battery-operated PIN locks).
Lockers equipped with a smart locking system are a sustainable investment that reduces material waste (broken and damaged locks and keys, empty lock batteries), energy use, and lifecycle costs while supporting flexible, eco-friendly and space-efficient environments. Compared to outdated locking solutions, smart lockers with smart locking systems align with green and smart building certifications, ESG goals and long-term environmental responsibility.
Metra Smart Locking System is, in short, an electricity-powered system of components and Metra smart locks for lockers. The Metra Smart Locking System transforms lockers into flexible, sustainable, maintenance-free and remotely managed smart storage, designed to provide secure personal storage in modern facilities and work environments. Metra Smart Locking System offers different smart locker solutions, depending on the type of lockers (storage or exchange lockers), the type of users, the mode of access, or other factors. The lockers with the Metra Smart locking System can be integrated with any third-party access, management, HR and other facility and business systems.
You can access and use Metra Smart Locker in different ways, depending on the location (office, waterpark, campus, etc.) and type of Metra Smart Lockers (personal storage lockers, parcel or mailroom lockers, assets exchange lockers).
Employees and students typically access Metra Smart Lockers using their employee badges or student IDs, as well as mobile phones and smartwatches. RFID wristbands are the preferred choice for guest lockers in pools and waterparks, especially if the facility is equipped with Metra’s Entry to Exit solution.
QR codes and barcodes can be used for personal Metra Smart lockers, but are primarily used for seamless drop-offs and pickups of different items at parcel, mailroom, click & collect, or exchange lockers equipped with the Metra Smart System, whether located indoors or outdoors.
We are a manufacturer or smart locking systems which efficiently power, smartly operate and centrally manage lockers.
Though our smart locking solutions are customized for your specific needs, ee do not offer turn-key solutions (Metra System and lockers).
But of course, our Metra partners in 60+ countries worldwide do.
Therefore, If you are looking a turn-key Metra Smart Locker solution, contact us and will will connect you with our local partner in your vicinity to work with you and provide a turn-key Metra Smart Lockers for your office, campus, hospital, gym, waterpark, ski resort,…
For your choice of locker material for your (Metra) Smart Lockers, we recommend choosing between Wood/MDF, laminate, HPL, or metal, as these are the most commonly used materials for smart lockers. Metra Smart Systems can power lockers which are made from all of the above mentioned materials, or combinations of those materials.
It depends on several factors, including the location of the lockers in question, who will use them (employees, random daily guests, etc.), how often, and for what purpose (personal storage, parcel pickups, etc.). Usually, it is a compromise between customisation and durability (HPL and metal are the most durable locker materials, but are also more limited to available customisations and finishes, such as wood/MDF or laminate).
Absolutely. Metra Smart Lockers integrate with third-party access control, management, HR and facility systems/platforms, extending access security and experience to lockers, optimising the onboarding process, and also enabling centralised management of employee credentials and synchronised security policies.
Metra Smart Lockers are powered by low-voltage electricity. Due to very low energy consumption, they are considered a very energy-efficient smart locker solution. 500 Metra Smart Lockers consume monthly a similar amount of electrical power as one (yes, one) desktop monitor. So, indeed, a minimal amount of electricity.
No.
Lockers, equipped with Metra Smart Locking Systems, can be networked or standalone.
Networked means that a bank, a group of lockers with Metra Smart System, is connected to an IT network to provide a complete, remote and real-time locker management via web browser. Networked Smart Lockers are typically used in integrated environments, such as large offices, office buildings, campuses, or resorts, to save time and resources when managing (a lot of) lockers and, especially, locker users via the MyMetraLockers management software.
Lockers, equipped with a standalone, “network-free” Metra Smart locking system, only need an ordinary socket. Such standalone, cost-efficient smart locker solutions are perfect if you don’t need to connect to an IT network or manage a large number of lockers and locker users. If that changes, your Plug&Play Metra smart lockers can be upgraded to networked ones to provide you with complete management of lockers and their users.
Networked and network-free Metra Smart Lockers support flexible, dynamic locker use in hybrid work environments, enable mobile access via apps or Apple and Google Wallets, and provide centralised locker management in real-time.
Choosing the most suitable (‘the best’) smart system for your lockers depends on who will use the lockers, in what way, and what your storage-related priorities are (storage security, locker use flexibility, seamless integration, remote locker management, seamless user experience, etc.).
The Metra Smart System, powering your lockers, is tailored to your wishes, needs and requirements, to ensure your Metra Smart Lockers will provide the world-renowned secure, reliable and future-proof smart storage for your locker users to enjoy and benefit from for many years.
Contact us now to help you find the best smart locker solution for you, your business and your locker users.
